BOSTON -- While those in Boston may still be feeling a little shaken up after watching how Jon Lester's situation with the Red Sox played out -- they couldn't come to an agreement on a contract extension and traded him to the Oakland A's on Thursday -- Jacoby Ellsbury was not.

Ellsbury, who reportedly was never close to re-signing with the Red Sox last off-season after they offered him substantially less money than the New York Yankees were offering, said Sunday he wasn't surprised that the Red Sox couldn't come to an agreement with Lester and ultimately traded him.

"When you’ve been here long enough, nothing is really a surprise," he told MassLive.com. "Maybe some scenarios are more likely than others. I wasn't shocked, by any means. I wasn't shocked."

While the Red Sox may not have any regrets about letting Ellsbury go to the Yankees under those terms, it has yet to be seen what happens with Lester, who will be a free agent at the end of the 2014 season but said he would consider coming back to the Red Sox even if he was traded.

After winning his first game with the Oakland A's on Saturday, the 30-year-old lefty told The Boston Globe, "I’m not hurt at all. I understand . . . The contract stuff is contract stuff. That stuff is always dicey and can be difficult at times. But I understand what they were trying to do. The relationship is still good. We just couldn’t meet in the middle ground."

"I saw the picture of him in an Oakland uniform," Ellsbury said. "Obviously it’s different seeing him in a different uniform after seeing him in a Red Sox uniform all these years. I was teammates with him for a long time. I wish him the best."